The Cathedrals - Scars and Stripes lyrics

Dawn is breaking the stormy night,
The battle is raging in ruthless plight.
Soldiers giving their life for a life,
Defenders of freedom and right.

Bravely they watch as the blazing skies
Give proof through the first gleam of morning bright,
For yonder, still waving, their symbol of right,
Old Glory, the Stars and the Stripes!

Old Glory still stands for a country free,
It's beauty held high for the world to see,
To freedom, justice and liberty,
It's the stars and the stripes forever.

From the halls of Pilate, they loudly cried,
"We find Him guilty, crucify, crucify."
They mock Him, crown Him, pierce His precious side,
Love carries what should have been mine.

The sun was darkened, Heaven cries.
The nails have been driven, the Savior has died.
Jesus has given His life for my life,
I am free by His scars and His stripes!

All glory and praise, I have been set free,
By the blood of the Lamb on Calvary.
There's mercy, freedom, and victory
In the scars and the stripes forever.
Oh, there's mercy, freedom and victory,
In the scars and the stripes forever.